PART TIME INDIAN

Question 1

GENRE:

Answer 1

young adult fiction/ fictionalised autobiography/illustrated book.

Question 2

Conventions of young adult fiction:

Answer 2

Peer relationships, negotiating identities in a large social world, may be a novel of growth and development.

Question 3

What is reader positioning:

Answer 3

How the text positions the implied reader to accept certain values.

Question 4

How the humour positions the implied reader to accept certain values:

Answer 4

This use of honest humour is an example of Relief Theory that enables the reader to see ordinary information in unusual patterns, demonstrating how the implied reader feels an intimate relation with the protagonist.

Question 5

INTERSECTIONALITY:

Answer 5

Race class and gender operate together in peoples lives and intersecting categories of experience. (potential discrimination)
People in the society that experience multiple discrimination(disadvantage in the society)

Question 6

MATRIX OF DOMINATION:

Answer 6

They way in that minority groups are marginalized by dominant groups base on race, class and gender.
This affects individual consciousness, access to institutional power, group interaction and privileges  
E.g.  junior is not only native American , he is also poor, has a disability, is a heterosexual boy etc. all these and the stereotypes associated with them combine to shape how he experiences life. It influences how others treat him and how he thinks of himself.

Question 7

WHAT ARE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN APPROACHING A TEXT THAT YOU ARE A CULTURAL OUTSIDER TO?

Answer 7

Be open to the text and willing to be tutored by it.
Don’t expect to fully understand the text
Be careful not to over generalise

Question 8

AUTHOR

Answer 8

Sherman Alexie